President BOLA TINUBU has applauded Monday’s judgment rendered by JUDGE ROBIN KNOWLES of the Business and Property Court in London, awarding a landmark victory to the Federal Government of Nigeria over a firm known as Process & Industrial Development P&ID Limited.
Following Judge KNOWLE’s dismissal of the 11.5 billion dollars value of the award including accumulated interest, previously won by P&ID over a failed 2010 deal to allegedly build a gas processing plant, on the grounds that the award was obtained by fraud, President TINUBU commends the UK Court for prioritizing the merits of the case above all other considerations.
The landmark judgment proves conclusively that nation states will no longer be held hostage by economic conspiracies between private firms and solitarily corrupt officials who conspire to extort and in-debt the very nations they swear to defend and protect.
President TINUBU said Monday’s victory is not for Nigeria alone but for the long exploited continent and for the developing world at large, which has for too long been on the receiving end of unjust economic malpractice and overt exploitation.
The President therefore noted that Nigeria is appreciative of the tremendous efforts of the defense team and acknowledges the role of the Federal Ministry of Justice and the Office of the Attorney-General in the process of defending Nigeria’s interest in this case.